Just replaced my old style (no, not the beer) blocks with a 6:1 block. My boom has two block hangers to accommodate the old system, and am wondering if it makes a difference in performance on which one I use to attach the new block, forward or rear. Any thoughts or preferences? Thanks in advance.

Yup, same here. Then we tried to switch the shackle while out on the water, proceeded to drop the pin in the water and had to jerry-rig it to get back to shore. Same thing that happened on that Cialis commercial if you know what I'm talking about

Whether you use the front or back hanger I found that it is difficult to find the right angle setting on the lower block that makes it easy to uncleat/cleat the mainsheet over the full range of the traveler when you have the main tight sheeted.

I prefer the front hanger and I have my lower block angled so I only have to pull on the mainsheet to get it to uncleat and slightly pull up on the mainsheet to get it to cleat.

This works fine as long as you don't travel the main traveler out all the way and pull the blocks almost touching. Under this arrangement, I found out the hard way too often that when a gust hits and the hull went up that I couldn't always uncleat the mainsheet before capsizing. To prevent this situation from happening, if I need to travel the main out alot and have the main sheet real tight, I don't let the traveler out all the way but instead let a little more sheet out. This allows the lower block to maintain an angle so that I can still easily uncleat/cleat the mainsheet.

Marc, thank you for attaching the photo. I see it in the catalog now. Seems to work pretty well does it? May consider.... Also, seems there are varying opinions on the rear vs. front hanger. My gut tells me to use the front, but if I run into issues, will definitely try switching it to the rear. Can also work with the angle at which the line comes out of the lower block I guess. Need to be able to decleat quickly, that's for sure. Thanks everyone for the replies and thoughts. Good information !!